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> What we have in Wokeism is a pseudo-politics, in that, it make no material demands. A plain reading of this seems false. Wokism definitely makes demands.
by concordDance 5y ago
> What we have in Wokeism is a pseudo-politics, in that, it make no material demands.
A plain reading of this seems false. Wokism definitely makes demands.
- MrsPeaches 5y agomaterial [1] demands. [1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_materialism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_materialism
- SamoyedFurFluff 5y agoI can immediately think of one woke policy that is considered to be a material demand: UBI, also Medicare for all and reparations for black people.
- mjburgess 5y agoAs do people on the the right ; indeed I see UBI as a more right-wing policy which simplifies the welfare state. I don't think this has anything to do with wokriem
- MrsPeaches 5y agoSure, I was just clarifying what GP wrote as the reply seemed to have missed/not understood a key nuance. Also providing a little context to what I assumed was meant by “material demands”, based on the quote from GP below. > The most virulent forms of racism are a symptom of material conditions, eg., that poor black people live uniformly in one area, and rich white people in another.